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  • Now you can see the question feedback statements your students are writing

    19/03/2014

    I am sure you have already noticed the “write a feedback statement” pages that we salt through quizzes now. We ask students to write feedback statements and then vote for the best ones. Until now, you have only been able to see the few statements that I have published here in the blog. Now, you get a complete log.

    Feedback log

    Access the log via More -> Feedback statement log

    It is really interesting to (more…)

  • Monday’s server outage – what went wrong?

    18/03/2014

    On Monday evening, Yacapaca was unavailable from 21:01 to 23:40 UK time due to a problem at our data centre. This is the longest unplanned outage we have had for several years, I’m relieved to say, but no less nerve racking for that. I requested, and got, a full explanation from Jon Roberts, the MD of Rackserv who manage the servers for us. It is quoted in full below. (more…)

  • Homework & Revision Logs give you insights into how your students really study at home

    18/03/2014

    How useful would it be to know what time your students really sit down to do their homework, and how long they actually spend on it? Well, now you can, because we have updated the Homework and Revision logs.

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    Here’s what the (more…)

  • The new Quiz Preview for iPad looks *very* different – and much better, I think.

    11/03/2014

    If you use Yacapaca on your iPad, iPhone or Android device, I am greatly relieved to tell you that at long last we’ve got Quiz Preview working on it. Sorry it’s taken so long.

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    It is based on the full mobile version that students are already using. Here are some screenshots:

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    In the app, the swipe panel  at the bottom to move between the three screens of each question. You will find it (more…)

  • Revision primer

    05/03/2014

    If you are new to Yacapaca, here is how to get your students up and running on our advanced (and free!) revision system in just 5 steps. (more…)

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